PIGSY Founding Artist

Insatiable Greed

€11,000

Medium

Mixed Media on Canvas

Materials

Acrylic, Oil Paint, Spray Paint, Oil Stick, Marker, Ink and Pencil on Canvas

Size

160 × 160 × 5 cm (63.0 × 63.0 × 2.0 in)

Year

2018

" Insatiable Greed " explores the darker side of success and the temptation to pursue financial gain at the expense of personal principles. The words "Not Me" serve as a warning to the artist, while the ambiguous positioning of the letters in "Your" and "Our" questions where individual ambition ends and collective expectations begin. The crossed bones symbolize the toxicity of compromising one's ideals, while the fencing suggests the confinement that can accompany the pursuit of profit. The painting looks towards the past on one side and an uncertain future on the other, questioning whether success can be achieved without losing oneself.